students-topics for oral test

PartⅠ 25%

Directions: In this part, you are going to make a 3-minute dialogue with your partner. Pick one of the following situational topics and create the dialogue with as many useful expressions you’ve learnt as possible.

Situation 1

Suppose you and your partner love different types of songs. Create a dialogue, expressing your likes and give your reasons for your preference.

Situation 2

Suppose you and your partner are shopping in a department store to buy a dress. You are asking his or her opinion and your partner gives her/her opinion about the size, color, style, price and the way of payment.

Situation 3

Suppose you and your partner are talking about the influence of ads in our daily life. One thinks ads have positive effect on us whereas the other thinks they have negative influence on us.

Situation 4

Suppose you meet your partner in a friend’s wedding ceremony and you find your partner very upset as he/she just broke up with his/her girl friend/boy friend. Try to comfort him/her.

Situation 5

Suppose you and your partner are talking about the things you are frightened of, such as animals, height, exam, flight, etc. One expresses fear and desperation because of the fear, the other offers sympathy and encouragement.

Situation 6

Create a dialog with your partner according to the table below.

Role A Role B A asks B’s opinion of a Not decent for Chinese girls. low-neck dress. Thinks it is fashionable Can’t wear it and walk around. Praises the dress again. Insists it is not proper.

Situation 7

Create a dialog with your partner on this topic: Whether age is an important factor that comes in the way of a person’s marriage.

Role A

Age isn’t the most important issue in marriage. Love is all that matters Role B

If one side of the two parties is too young or too old for the other side (say, the age gap is more than 10 years), in most cases, they won’t have much common language.

Situation 8

Create a dialog with your partner according to the table below.

Role A Role B

Praises Ericsson’s TV AD: “Make Praises Nokia’s ad: “Connecting yourself heard!” People”. Agrees by mentioning “consumer Consumers will pay. loyalty”. Asks for the meaning of They keep buying the product. “consumer loyalty” Mentions a contradiction between Agrees. sales and advertising.